Dream Called Reality

Chapter I: Fruity Fever

Last Time: With that, they rode off into the night. They didn't know what was ahead, but they were ready for it. Or so they believed.

"Gohan," Videl begins, "We have been riding on this horse for two and a half hours, you know. When are we going to stop?"

"Whoa!" Gohan shouts so the horse will stop, but it keeps going, "Bruce, stop!"

The horse comes to a very abrupt stop. Then the horse begins jumping and kicking and shaking until the teenagers fall to the ground unceremoniously. After that, Bruce ran of into the night.

"Now?" Gohan says turning to Videl.

Videl rolls her eyes, "Now what? We're horseless."

"We should probably get some sleep. I can't really think." He tells her.

"Goodnight, Gohan." Videl says turning onto her side.

"Goodnight, Beautiful." Gohan says turning on his side facing away from her.

"What?" Videl asked as she sat up.

"I said 'Goodnight, Videl'" He replies loudly with a frightened look on his face. He actually said that.

"Really? I heard 'Goodnight, Beau-"

"I'm going to sleep." He announces.

Videl laid back to go to sleep. She'd drop it for now. She'll pick it up in the morning.

"Wake up, Gohan." Videl said shaking the teenage prince.

"Del?" Gohan mumbles.

"Yes, would you wake up already, Princey."

"Off. Head." She hears him say quietly.

"Gohan, get up!" Videl says loudly.

"I'm up. I'm up." Gohan said sitting up.

"I'm hungry and we've no food. There are apples in that tree and peaches over there but I'm to short to reach them." Videl says.

The young prince stands up and yawns. He walks over to the tree and said, "Get on my back and get a lotta fruit."

She climbed on his back and stood on his shoulders. Within seven minutes they had sixteen apples. She hopped off of him and sat down satisfied with her sixteen apples she had picked.

"Guards! Guards! GUARDS!" Queen Chi-Chi screams, "My son has gone missing! My little Gohan, somewhere all alone. He is probably miserable and hungry and lonely and- Oh!"

"Calm down, Chi-Chi. I am sure he is fine." Goku assures her.

Goten walks into the room, "I know what happened to him."

Chi-Chi's eyes widened in delight, "Where is he? What happened to him? Tell me!"

"I promised Gohan I wouldn't tell anyone he ran away." Goten covered his mouth as he realized what he said.

"Guards! Find my son! He has ran away!" Chi-Chi screamed, "The first person to bring him back to me will get 1,000 zeni!"

So the search was on. Gohan for 1,000,000 zeni? This was gonna be good.

Meanwhile, back at where the teens were, Videl wiped off her apple and took a bite. It was sweet, juicy, and, and, picklish?

All of a sudden, Videl felt lightheaded. Queasy, too.

"Gohan," She whines, "I do not feel so good."

Gohan turns to the teenage girl, "What is wrong?"

"I feel as if I am about to regurgitate and pass out, too." Videl said wobbling. She could barely stand up. Then she fell to the ground with Gohan barely catching her. She was conscious, but almost not.

"Vidy?" Gohan says quietly to his best friend as he put a strand of hair behind her ear.

"I'm going to be fine, Gohan." Videl says, "I just need to vomit I believe."

Videl stands up, still dizzy, walk behind a tree and regurgitates. Then she faints and fall on the ground unconsciously.

"VIDEL!" Gohan screams rushing to the raven haired teenager. He felt her pulse. Steady, but really slow. What was he supposed to do? She wasn't breathing and if he didn't do something soon, his best friend, the only person who understood him, was gonna be simply a thought, not a person.

"What do you do when someone can't breathe? That's right! You do...mouth to mouth." Gohan says with a blush. He would have to kiss, er, mouth to mouth resuscitate his best friend. Wouldn't it be awkward to do that to the best friend you've had a crush on for seven years. Wait, it was life or death. Awkward was not in the equation.

He does it. Awkwardly. After a while she fluttered her azure eyes fluttered open and she smiled at Gohan.

"Thanks, Gohan. I would have died if you weren't here." She says.

"Your welcome, Vi. Do you know why this happened?" Gohan asked her.

"I think it had something to do with that apple. It was sweet, juicy, and picklish."

"Well if an apple taste like a pickle, it is a messed up apple." He tells her.

Videl rolls her eyes, "Well I know that now."

"Kuso! My plan to eliminate her didn't work!" A voice said from the shadows, "Well, she'll fall soon enough. It's time for plan B!"

"Gohan. I am still hungry. I also believe it is going to rain." Videl says to her companion.

"Well, as far as shelter, I saw a cave over there I think." He said standing up.

"You want to spend the night in a cave?" Videl asks.

"Why not? I'd rather be in a cave than out in the rain." Gohan replies simlply.

"Alright. Let's go." Videl says.

Inside the cave, the two teens, who had been in the cave for an hour and a half, had started a fire and were now talking.

"So what should we do tomorrow?" Videl says.

"Well," Gohan begins, "We gonna need food and water so, we need jobs I guess."

"You can't get a job. You are the prince of Z. Everyone will see you and know who you are. I'll get a job and you stay here and look for fresh water."

"Okay, Videl. We should probably get some sleep."

After twenty minutes of trying to sleep, neither teen could fall asleep.

"Vidy, you sleep?" Gohan asked.

"Not really." Videl replied, "I'm too cold, even with that fire going."

"Same here." Gohan says.

The teens were quiet for a minute until the female broke the silence. "We are both thinking the same thing but neither will say it, right?"

"Yes."

"I'd rather be in a warm awkward position than freeze to death knowing I could be warm. What about you?"

"Yes. So I guess..."

Videl snuggled up to his chest and Gohan put his arm her. Both were blushing furiously but, they both enjoyed this position.

A/N: Slow chapter I know but, bare with me. It's gonna be a whole lot better. I (kinda) promise. Review. No flames. Suggest this story somewhere 'cause I need more views!